Highway-guard-fence fixture



Jan. 13, 1931.

HIGHWAY GUARD FENCE FIXTURE Filed oat; a1, 1929 ITEE= 'L ,EiIEEQZia/kinda M/h'ams R. G. WILLIAMS 1,788,501

Patented Jan. 13, 1931 HOLLAND G. WILLIAMS, OF BRANFQRI oonnnciriour;As'sIeNoR To IvIiAIgIJEABLEIRoN 1 FITTINGS COMPANY, OFBRANFORIJ,ooNNEoI'IoUg gn; ooitronnr onor CONNECT 'nIeIIwAY-GUARn-rnmnFIXTURE 7 Application filed October .31,

This invention relates to highway guard fence fixtures, and has for itsobject to provide a very simple and durable fixture of this descriptionand-one which may be readily applied to a post. 1

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this applicationFigure 1' is a front View illustrating the improved fixture applied to apostthe latter beingbroken away- Figure 2 is a side elevation of theconstruction shown'at Figure 1 with the post broken away lengthwiseFigure 3 is a section at the Figure 1- I Figure 4k is a section at thelineA- l of Flgure 3 V V p t Figure MS a detailed fron-t'view of thebase portion of the fixture,'and

Figure 6 is a detailed broken view of the hook bolt. I r

Similar numerals of reference denote likeparts in the several figures ofthe drawing. 7

'1 is any suitable post, and 2 isthe base of line 3 of the fixture whoseinner edges are conformed to the shape of the post, as clearly shown atFigure 3, and whose central portion is open,

as seen at '3 at Figure- 5, for the purpose of accommodating the hookbolt.

On opposite sides of this opening 3 the face 7 of the base portion 2 isprovided with concave gutters or recesses 43 for the accommodation ofthe cable 5, as will be hereinafter ex-- r plained, and in the upper andlower-edges of the opening 3 are notches or gates 6.

7 is the bolt whereby the fixture is secured to the post, and thisboltextends through the post and the projecting end is threadedwhile theother end of the bolt is formed into a hook shaped head 8 and from theouter face of this head projects a rib 9, which, when the fixture isproperly installed, extends within the notches 6 so as to prevent any 45lateral movement of the bolt and also for 1929, 1 Serial No. 403,857.

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formed shoulders 10.

When the'parts are properly assembled.

theca'ble 5 is within the concave recesses 4 r the threaded end ofthebolt 7 will cause the cable to be firmly held between the head 8 andbase 2. i

yepositionin th lat."

Also, on the inner edge of this head are I 7 It is very important thatthe cable should slip-within the fixture when there is a violent impactagainst it but should not slip under an ordinary swiping contact, and itwould never do for the cable to be strained inwardly by the excessivetightening of the nut 11, since this would make a sharp bend in thecable and would probably break some of the strands thereof,and'therefore the shoulders 10 are of such length .thatrthey will abutthe base when the nut 11 has been operated to cause: the proper grippingof the cable.

It will therefore be understood that the length of these shoulders ispredetermined by the size of the cable or fence strand since it isobvious that arcable ofcomparatively large diameter would necessitateshoulder portions that are normally closerto the base, while in theinstance of a cable which has a comparatively small diameter, it wouldnever do tohave the shoulders normally so close to thebase that theywould What is claimed is contact the latterv before the cable wasclamped.

1. A highway guard fence fixture, com 1 prising a post, a base having inits face an opening: and horizontally disposed grooves on opposite sidesof said opening, the latter 8 having notches formed in its upper andlower edges, aboltl threaded on one end and passed through said openingand post and having a rib extending from the outer surfaceof its headand housed within said notches when the cable is clamped, the other endof said bolt having a hook-shaped head,

a cable embraced between said grooves and v head, and a nut driven onthe threaded end of the bolt whereby the base is secured to the post andthe cable clamped between 'said base and head. 7

2. A construction as in claim 1, further distinguished in that shouldersare provided on opposite sides of the bolt head which shoulders abut;the base whenaspredetermined degree 0t clampingiof'themable has 7 beeneffected.

In testimony whereof I, aflixmy signature hereto. I

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